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Sirius is Thomas Trelone''s great experiment - a huge, handsome dog with the brain and intelligence of a human being. Raised and educated in Trelone''s own family alongside Plaxy, his youngest daughter, Sirius is a truly remarkable and gifted creature. His relationship with the Trelones, particularly with Plaxy, is deep and close, and his inquiring mind ranges across the spectrum of human knowledge and experience.
But Sirius isn''t human and the conflicts and inner turmoil that torture him cannot be resolved ...
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780575128637 |
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Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group, Limited |
Publication date: | 03/19/2012 |
Sold by: | Hachette Digital, Inc. |
Format: | NOOK Book |
File size: | 573 KB |
About the Author

Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) was born near Liverpool and educated at Balliol College, Oxford and Liverpool University. After spending eighteen months working in a shipping office in Liverpool and Port Said, he lectured extramurally for Liverpool University in English Literature and industrial history. He served in France from 1915 until 1919 with the Friends'' Ambulance Unit and then lectured again for Liverpool University in psychology and philosophy. His novels include First and Last Men, Last Men in London, Star Maker and Odd John.
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